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The Mindful Maker 🇨🇦
@rincewind-unseenu.bsky.social
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Musician, baker, book lover, fantasy/sci-fi nerd. My heart swells at tales of loss, love and adventure, burns at injustice and bubbles with joy at the universe and the beauty of the human condition.
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What a beautiful morning! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I really do love winter. I think it can be incredibly beautiful. Case in point, my car this morning before I headed off to work.
Feather shaped patterns of frost on the windshield of a car. Frost patterns on the roof of a silver coloured car.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Another project I’ve started - My first #quilt. I haven’t done anything with it in a while, because I am worried the colours won’t work and the layout isn’t as good as it could be.

I often find ways to procrastinate when I am taking on a new project. Today, I’m going to put that worry away.
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Coffee table transit lighting test - I just posted it on YouTube. I'm really just learning how to create video, but hopefully I'll get better with practice. I'm really happy with the lighting. #modelrailroad, #3Dprinting, #Maker youtu.be/HRv-srphBp0
Coffee Table Trainset Lighting Test
YouTube video by The Mindful Maker
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October 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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After quite a few months, I’ve reached about 90% completion of my coffee table/model train set. It is made from maple and walnut, with plexiglass sides and top. It’s about 80 percent scrap wood, and bits and pieces I found at thrift stores over the years. I’m really happy with it.
A rectangular box on short legs sits in the middle of a carpet. The box itself is mostly plexiglass, with dark brown walnut wood on top and light maple on the sides. It encloses two winter scenes. But try and get her shape is divided diagonally, each side, showing a slightly different scene. One side of the train set showing a winter country scene, a snowy landscape with lots of pine trees, two train tracks run around it, over a frozen river and lake, and buy a station with several park, cars, and people collecting their luggage after the train has dropped them off Another overview of the train set coffee table, showing it at a slight angle. It is a rectangular box, on short legs. The sides and top are mostly plexiglass with a wooden frame. A close-up photo of a building on the model train set. This is a brightly colored, red and white, 50s style diner. On the roof is the sign midnight burger in red white and bright yellow
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is possibly the most beautiful, story-oriented game I’ve ever played. While it is a wonderful fantasy adventure, the story has a poignancy I would have never expected - it deals with questions of gender identity, love, loss, regret, wisdom, and strength.
The picture shows a TV screen that has on its surface a scene from the video game, dragon and age of two characters talking inside a room filled with old pictures, statues and keepsakes. There is an air of melancholy to the space and the expressions on the characters faces.
October 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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I just got my copy of the core rulebook for the new #Discworld RPG. Just had to share the best two lines I’ve ever seen in an instruction manual, distinguishing the idea of your character dying versus the anthropomorphic personification of death.
A screenshot of a table of contents from a game manual showing two lines that say character death and character: death
August 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Winter is coming…
A model train set coated in snow.
June 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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My new winter train set. Just in the process of roughly sculpting the snowy landscape with a combination of Styrofoam, sculptamold and acrylic paste.
An image of the wooden board that holds my N scale train set. The scenery on it is very rough, largely white pillows of snow amidst small cliffs and a little lake.
June 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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As the day is ending, temperatures here have been a little bit cooler today and it seems right to end the day with a nice piping hot cup of tea. Have a lovely evening all, and a good rest.
A cup of tea, with steam rising from the top of it on a small side table in the living room.
May 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Just finished painting and installing a lovely 3-D print that I found online. It is a headphone hanger, but the back plate is a shield of Gondor. I painted and blended browns for the wood plank effect, copper for the stars, and metal pigments for the tree and banding.
A 3-D printed headphone hanger on my wall. On the mount sticking out of the wall, hangs a pair of black headphones. The mount is painted to look like a wooden, mediaeval shield from the Lord of the rings.
May 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Since when did #OblivionRemastered crossover into #StarTrekTOS?
An image showing two faces. The face on top is half lit by fire light, showing one side, very bright, and one side very dim. The lower face is an image from Star Trek, the original series, of an actor whose face is painted half black and half white.
May 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Happy May the 4th! Just posted a little video about a Star Wars themed mixed-media piece I just created. #starwarsday, #Maythefourth

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A miniature build of a row of storm troopers sitting along a long bench, all in various states of conversation and discussion.
May 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Happy world book day! Wishing everyone joy, adventure, love, learning, and growth through the wonders of books.
A photo of one of my smaller shelves of books, mostly science fiction and fantasy, including my favourite author, Terry Pratchett.
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Happy #EarthDay to our beautiful planet!
A photograph of a gently rippling lake with a dock. The sun is shining off the water. In the background, our hills and a beautiful blue sky with fluffy white clouds.
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Homemade Curried Turbot with veggies and rice, enjoyed with a cold Guinness. Cinnamon custard made from scratch for dessert. Self-care is important. #selfcare, #goodfood
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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A powerful, inspired, stirring song of protest from one of Canada’s great artists. Truly, moving and amazing. Worth a listen, whether you are Canadian or not.
dannymichelmusic.bsky.social Danny Michel @dannymichelmusic.bsky.social · Apr 14
Happy Monday! Just wanted to let everyone know that my new single "Northern Star" is now live on all streaming platforms! You can add it to your playlists starting now. ❤ Dan
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April 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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MUCH more than 6 times.
February 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Just shared an intro video on my new Youtube channel. Check it out. #Creativity, #MIndfulness, #Arts, #Crafts, #Hobbies
An Introduction
YouTube video by The Mindful Maker
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February 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A beautiful sun rising to greet the day. Soft fluffy snow everywhere. I thought we were done, but we’re expecting another 30 to 40 cm of snow later this week. Crazy!
A photo looking out over a 4 Lane Rd. with a median down the center. In the background stretches out, partly wooded areas and buildings of a town in the distance. A vividly orange and yellow sun is rising behind the building in the distance.
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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This is a sky that holds the portent of storms, of winter weather. My Canadian soul still thinks of this is beautiful weather. But, after the 12.6 cm of snow we got over the weekend, and then more snow and potentially freezing rain and ice tomorrow, I respect the power of Mother Nature.
Cloudy sky covering the sun it is muted in its brightness. Telephone poles and cable are in the forefront of the picture and kicking you off into the distance as the wires travel down the roadway. The little bit of ground visible is covered in snow, in some places almost a foot deep Due to the wind piling it up.
February 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Mama bear wrestling with her cub. She's got him by the rear paw, nibbling on his toes I guess. They're in spring grass with a tree on the left.
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Just came across this. Hilarious! The board game Risk: Donald Trump edition.

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Introducing... Risk: Donald Trump Edition! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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February 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Now debating whether to make hamburgers in the shape of little mice with onion whiskers tonight in honour of the superb owl. #SuperbOwlSunday
February 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM